Queen Elizabeth's Private Goodbyes

0:00On March 30, Hugo Vickers dropped some heavy revelations in his new book on Queen Elizabeth II, Out this April. It pulls from insider stories about Prince Philip's health battles, including an inoperable pancreatic cancer diagnosis back in 2013 and multiple horror fixes that wore him down. By August 2017, he stepped back from royal duties for good. Philip retreated to wood farm on the Sanderingham estate, living solo but happy with carriage driving, reading and painting. The Queen visited weekends by train, giving him space and his close friend Penny Mount Baden joined often. Then COVID hit in 2020, pulling them into strict isolation at Windsor Castle in what they called HMS Bubble, just 22 staff and four. Rooms. As 2021 rolled in, Philip bounced in and out of hospitals, his memory fading fast. He dashed his hundredth birthday fuss and on his last night in 99, he snuck a beer past nurses. Next morning, after a bath, he said he fell off

1:01and passed quietly. The Queen told later, was furious he left without goodbye. His funeral stayed small, just 30 mourners thinks the pandemic rules. Exactly the low-key send-off he'd crave. She sat alone, masked in St. George's Chapel, then never slept at Buckingham Palace again. Vickers ties it to her own end, predicting a bone cancer diagnosis in 2022 at Baumoral. At 96, after 70 years reigning, she slipped away on September 8th, telling a friend at least her exit wouldn't be as public as. Expected. Their story shows a queen who ruled with grace even in private goodbyes. I'm Cory with the story. That's your entertainment and celebrity news today update. AI powered and always trending.